AEC PUBLICATIONs 2008

handbook

the international recognition of studies and qualifications in higher music education

‘mundus musicalis’ working group

The Mundus Musicalis project has been funded with support from the European Commission. This publication reflects the view of its authors and the Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which might be made of the information contained therein.

A free electronic version of this handbook is available through www.aecinfo.org/mundusmusicalis.

handbook The InTernaTIonal recognITIon of STudIeS and

QualIfIcaTIonS In hIgher MuSIc educaTIon

‘MunduS MuSIcalIS’ workIng group

Design: Janine Jansen, Amsterdam

Contents

forewordparT a: general introduction

Introduction to the International recognition of Studies and Qualifications Introduction to the recognition of Studies and Qualifications in the european region

parT b: academic recognition academic recognition The diploma Supplement credit point systems comparative analysis of existing systems at an international level Introduction to the european situation with regards to credit points International overview of national credit point systems in music Austria Australia Belgium(Flanders) Belgium(Wallonia) Brazil Canada Croatia CzechRepublic Denmark Estonia France Greece Iceland Ireland Korea Latvia Lithuania Malta Netherlands(The) Norway Poland Portugal Romania Slovakia Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey UnitedKingdom USA

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parT c: professional recognition why are qualifications important in the field of music? regulated professions in the field of music an international overview per country of regulated music professions Austria Australia Belgium–Flanders Belgium–Wallonia Brazil Bulgaria Canada Cyprus CzechRepublic Denmark Estonia Finland France Germany Greece Hungary Iceland Ireland Italy Korea Latvia Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Malta TheNetherlands Norway Poland Portugal Romania Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden UnitedKingdom USA

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FoReWoRD

The ‘Mundus Musicalis’ projectThe‘MundusMusicalis’project(thefirstproject inthefieldofmusicsupportedbytheERASMUSMUNDUS programme) has studied international cooperation, and the comparability of systemsandqualificationsinthefieldofhighermusiceducation.Theprojectranfrom1December2005to1December2007andwasjointlycoordinatedbytheNorwegianUniversityofScienceandTechno-logy–DepartmentofMusic(NTNU)andtheEuropeanAssociationofConservatoires(AEC).ProjectpartnerorganisationswereBirminghamConservatoire(UK),McGillUniversity–SchulichSchoolofMusic(Montreal,Canada), LeConservatoiredemusiqueetd’artdramatiqueduQuébec(QuébecCity,Canada),UniversityofAdelaide–ElderConservatorium(Adelaide,Australia),QueenslandCon-servatorium–GriffithUniversity(Brisbane,Australia),KeimyungUniversity–CollegeofMusic&PerformingArts(Daegu,Korea),NationalAssociationofSchoolsofMusic–NASM(USA),andUni-versidadeFederaldoRioGrandedoSul–InstitutefortheArts(PortoAlegre,Brazil).Aworkinggroupwasestablishedwithonerepresentativefromeachpartnerinstitution,whichcollectedandanalysedrelevant information, and drafted the final project documents. The project realised an ambitiousworkingprogrammewithworkinggroupmeetingsinEurope,NorthAmericaandAsia,andseveralconferencepresentationsworld-wide.

higher music education: national systems, international recognition and quality assurance Oneof themainaimsof ‘MundusMusicalis’was tocreateagreaterunderstandingof issuesre-gardingprofessionalmusictraining inandoutsideEurope, leadingtotheremovalofobstacles inrelation to the recognition of music studies and qualifications, in order to facilitate an increasedmobilityandemployabilityofstudents,teachersandprofessionals.However,the‘MundusMusicalis’workinggroupfeltthattherecognitionofstudiesandqualificationswasnotonlyamatteroftechni-calproceduresandinternationalconventions,butalsoamatterofprovidingstructuredandup-to-dateinformationabouthighermusiceducationsystemsinothercountries.Asaresult,theworkinggroupcompiledanunprecedentedamountof informationabouthighermusiceducationsystemsworld-wideintheformofnationaldescriptions1,whichhavebeendevelopedfollowingasetformattoachievemaximumcomparability.

Moreover,astheexchangeofinformationonqualityassuranceandaccreditationproceduresises-sentialtothedevelopmentofmutualtrusttounderpinaneffectiverecognitionofqualifications,adocumentwasproducedwithafocusonqualityassuranceandaccreditationproceduresinmusicattheinternationallevel,whichlists,comparesandanalysestheexistingproceduresin34countries2.

1 Thesenationaldescriptionscanbefoundatwww.studymusicineurope.organdwww.bologna-and-music.org/countryoverviews.

2 Thisdocumententitled‘QualityAssuranceandAccreditationinHigherMusicEducation–anInternationalComparison’canbe

foundatwww.bologna-and-music.org/externalqa.

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about this documentInadditiontothegeneralinformationonnationalhighermusiceducationsystemsmentionedabove,the ‘Mundus Musicalis’ working group also studied technical issues related to the recognition ofstudiesandqualifications.Itcollecteddataonthevariouscreditpointsystemsthatcanfacilitatetherecognitionofstudies,aswellasontherecognitionofqualificationsatinternationallevel.Theout-comesofthisworkcanbefoundinthisdocument,whichconsistsof3parts:

• PARTAgivesgeneralinformationabouttheinternationalrecognitionofstudiesandqualificationsinhighereducation. Itexplainsthemaininternationalconventionsdealingwiththis issueandintroducesthevarioustoolsused.Thispartalsoexplainsthedistinctionbetweenacademicandprofessionalrecognition.

• PARTBaddressesacademicrecognitioninthefieldofmusicandthevarioustoolsthatcansup-portit,suchascreditpointsystemsandthediplomasupplement.Italsoincludesanoverviewoftheuseofcreditpointsystemsin31countriesworldwide.

• PARTCpresents informationonprofessionalrecognition, includingareflectiononthe impor-tanceofprofessionalqualificationsinthefieldofmusic,generalinformationonprofessionalre-cognitionprocedureswithadistinctionbetweenregulatedandnon-regulatedprofessions,andacomprehensivelistofregulatedprofessionsinmusicin36countriesworldwide.

TheinformationinthisdocumentabouttherecognitionofstudiesandqualificationsisaccessibleindifferentformatsonvariouswebsitemaintainedbytheEuropeanAssociationofConservatoires(AEC),suchasthe‘Bologna&Music’,the‘DoReMiFaSOCRATES’andthe‘StudyMusicinEurope’web-sites3toensurethattheinformationwillreachvariousinterestedaudiences.

3 Thesewebsitescanbefoundatwww.bologna-and-music.org,www.doremifasocrates.org,www.studymusicineurope.org.